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debate poll showed romney overwhelmed incumbent obama in the duel can commanding the ninety minute debate but rocky anderson presidential candidate for the justice party thinks two parties ultimately dominating u.s. politics is unhealthy for america i left the democratic party and helped form the justice party because now the republican and democratic parties are simply one do awfully they have a stranglehold on our electoral system from the stage of getting on the ballot all the way through the debate process and they have both been bought and paid for by the same special interests we have a plutocracy not a democracy in the united states where our government is for sell to the highest bidder romney would bring us along the same path that led to the economic disaster in two thousand and eight with shields tax cuts for the wealthy i'm normal stuff assists low employment rates and president obama has a pathetic record he's the only president that has presided over three years of unemployment of over eight percent should absolutely can be changed we know that that's what the american people
debate poll showed romney overwhelmed incumbent obama in the duel can commanding the ninety minute debate but rocky anderson presidential candidate for the justice party thinks two parties ultimately dominating u.s. politics is unhealthy for america i left the democratic party and helped form the justice party because now the republican and democratic parties are simply one do awfully they have a stranglehold on our electoral system from the stage of getting on the ballot all the way through...
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but got to hear him directly. >> reporter: romney's hoping the debate strengthens his poll numbers in battleground states. tomorrow there's a new factor, a jobs report that looks like it will help president obama. showing fewer layoffs. live from denver, i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> less than an hour to go until governor romney takes the stage in northern virginia. it's the first time he and paul ryan have campaigned together in the commonwealth since ryan was introduced as the gop running mate in norfolk. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live in fishersville, virginia. the romney supporters must be feeling reenergized tonight. >> reporter: hey, doreen, i would have to describe the atmosphere here festive. thousands have packed into this location to show mitt romney exactly what they think of his debate performance last night. telling us in fact the roads into this venue have been backed up for miles, folks making their way in here. this is a solidly red part of virginia. but even here romney backers say the debate inspires them to get behind this ticket in a whole new
but got to hear him directly. >> reporter: romney's hoping the debate strengthens his poll numbers in battleground states. tomorrow there's a new factor, a jobs report that looks like it will help president obama. showing fewer layoffs. live from denver, i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> less than an hour to go until governor romney takes the stage in northern virginia. it's the first time he and paul ryan have campaigned together in the commonwealth since ryan was introduced as the...
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but got to hear him directly. >> reporter: romney's hoping the debate strengthens his poll numbers in battleground states. tomorrow there's a new factor, a jobs report expected to help president obama, by showing fewer layoffs. live from denver, steve handelsman, news4. >>> more now on the continuing coverage of that first presidential debate. nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins us now with new analysis of last night's big debate. >> mark, instant polling and survey say they thought romney won the debate, and the president didn't help himself. do you agree with that? >> i pretty much do agree. look at the body lang raj from the campaign, obama was trying to do a little bit of cleanup. when you have to do that, you end up getting the better of the debate performance. i was surprised in a way that president obama's initial level was a bit down. mitt romney was concise. he was assertive. we had seen all those things during the republican primary season. i wasn't surprised about that, but was surprised president obama didn't have the energy level to meet it. >> we had menti
but got to hear him directly. >> reporter: romney's hoping the debate strengthens his poll numbers in battleground states. tomorrow there's a new factor, a jobs report expected to help president obama, by showing fewer layoffs. live from denver, steve handelsman, news4. >>> more now on the continuing coverage of that first presidential debate. nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins us now with new analysis of last night's big debate. >> mark, instant polling and...
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taken after the debate twice as many undecided voters said romney was the winner. >> debates are much about style and substance and bill plante is in denver. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this was a debate about the economy. and the preside presented oppos visions on how to fix it. president obama appeared low key, mitt romney very energetic and aggressive. >> the president began this segment so i get the last word. >> reporter: romney took advantage that the format of the debate was less restrictive. frequently pushing past moderator jim lehrer's attempts to change the subject. >> have to respond to that. >> reporter: as romney pushed on the president looked down or away even as he kept a slight smile on his face. for the president accusing romney to seeking to cut money for education, romney snapped back in one of the debates few pointed moments. >> as a president you're entitied to your own airplane and own house but not your own facts. >> reporter: he offered few details about tax cuts. prompting the president to fire back. >> when governor romney said he'll repl
taken after the debate twice as many undecided voters said romney was the winner. >> debates are much about style and substance and bill plante is in denver. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this was a debate about the economy. and the preside presented oppos visions on how to fix it. president obama appeared low key, mitt romney very energetic and aggressive. >> the president began this segment so i get the last word. >> reporter: romney took advantage...
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he says i'm an okay debater, mitt romney says i'm working on not losing. what do you make of tht? >> it's pretty funny. here is the reality. mitt romney has a herculean task in front of him. he is being asked to do in one month when he hasn't been able to do in one year, and that is to get enough voters to like him and trust him. anyone is going to see anything about these two guy tomorrow that they don't already believe or think about them. it is a reinforcement of her more than anything. gerri: it is interesting that chris christie, the governor in new jersey says, thursday morning from the world will be a different plac mitt romney is going to come across strong. you believe that? >> one guy didn't get the memo about lowering expectations. [laughter] this is a big moment for mitt romney. i disagree that everything is baked in the cake. it is acceptable as an argument. anything could happen this month, right? >> the president is back in the high 40s, 47 and 48, he is still in the danger zone be one we will watch and see what happens. thank you both for coming on and talking with
he says i'm an okay debater, mitt romney says i'm working on not losing. what do you make of tht? >> it's pretty funny. here is the reality. mitt romney has a herculean task in front of him. he is being asked to do in one month when he hasn't been able to do in one year, and that is to get enough voters to like him and trust him. anyone is going to see anything about these two guy tomorrow that they don't already believe or think about them. it is a reinforcement of her more than...
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mitt romney was aggressive. wonder if he went through 22 debates in the primary with republicans. it showed last night. it really did. >> sure did. very strange strategy so to speak from the president. >> if it was a strategy, yeah. join the conversation logging on to our facebook page wnnfans. m wnnfans.com. >>> and from pickles to meatballs, all week bringing you unusual food tour of new york city. >> that's right. this morning we found a place that has perfected donuts. look at this thing right here. >> not yet. not yet. >> stick around for our extreme eats coming up next. man. >> one of our favorite treats at >>> well, they are one of our favorite treats at 3:00 a.m. donuts. >> we send amanda van allen, donuts taken to a whole new level. amazing, amanda. >> ron, paula, you have never seen donuts like the ones i am about to show you. i visited donut planet, where i learned to make three types of gourmet donuts. i even used a blow torch for one of them. part of our extreme series, "extreme eats." we are her today at donut plant, here with executive chef, owner, mark. what keeps
mitt romney was aggressive. wonder if he went through 22 debates in the primary with republicans. it showed last night. it really did. >> sure did. very strange strategy so to speak from the president. >> if it was a strategy, yeah. join the conversation logging on to our facebook page wnnfans. m wnnfans.com. >>> and from pickles to meatballs, all week bringing you unusual food tour of new york city. >> that's right. this morning we found a place that has perfected...
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president obama didn't mention mitt romney's 47% comment during their debate but romney is talking about it. the republican challenger campaigning with renewed vigor now says he was completely wrong to say 47% of americans were victims and dependent on government. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and questions and answer session, now and then you are going to say something that doesn't come out right. in this case i said something that's completely wrong. and i absolute lly my life has shown that i care about 100%. that's been demonstrated throughout my life. the whole campaign is about the 100%. when i become president it will be about helping the 100%. >> romney has campaign events in virginia and florida today. >>> new fill billion the raid that killed osama bin laden is scheduled to air lust would days before election day. s.e.a.l. team 6, raid on osama bin laden, is being distributed by harvey weinstein. big backer of president obama. this will be carried on the "national geographic" channel. >>> lawyers for new york city have issued a subpoena to
president obama didn't mention mitt romney's 47% comment during their debate but romney is talking about it. the republican challenger campaigning with renewed vigor now says he was completely wrong to say 47% of americans were victims and dependent on government. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and questions and answer session, now and then you are going to say something that doesn't come out right. in this case i said something that's completely...
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what was your overall on the biggest on ser vaebservation fr debate. >> this was mitt romney's night, he was sharp, specific, sustained, a plan of attack and went after barack obama every way he could. holding him accountable for the obama record. we haven't seen that too much in this campaign. there have been so many personal attacks, back and forts. he was able to say look this is what you promised four years ago, this is what you delivered on, where is the gap? here's what i will offer. most importantly, able to say look this is the choice i am offering. able to control the debate. >> what do you think was the problem with the president last night? his performance is uniformly panned, tired, underprepared, overconfident or strategy of some kind. >> it was part strategy. went into the debate knowing they're winning the campaign with current strategy. don't do anything to upset that apple cart. see if you can ride this out. the other piece, i think he went in thinking he didn't have to prepare, thinking he was able to ride this, this through, throughout. didn't think mitt romney woul
what was your overall on the biggest on ser vaebservation fr debate. >> this was mitt romney's night, he was sharp, specific, sustained, a plan of attack and went after barack obama every way he could. holding him accountable for the obama record. we haven't seen that too much in this campaign. there have been so many personal attacks, back and forts. he was able to say look this is what you promised four years ago, this is what you delivered on, where is the gap? here's what i will...
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mitt romney? >> that's not the issue, to me. i think he will -- i think he's principled in the sense that he will keep the commitments that he has made. almost all people when they run for president make a number of commitments. when they get elected, almost all presidents since modern studies have been done, the last seven or eight presidents, make an exceptional effort to do what they said they were going to do. when there's an exception to that, there's normally an overwhelming reason. abraham lincoln promised not to free the slaves. we're glad he didn't. reagan promised to balance the budget. we're glad he didn't try. almost every other president may have one smaller issue. but, by and large, they all do what they said they were going to do. yes, i think we should assume that he will be principled on that. he knows what he promised to do in the primary. and what he said in the general has been consistent with that. we should assume that is what he would do. >> under normal circumstances, the incumbent president with 8.2% une
mitt romney? >> that's not the issue, to me. i think he will -- i think he's principled in the sense that he will keep the commitments that he has made. almost all people when they run for president make a number of commitments. when they get elected, almost all presidents since modern studies have been done, the last seven or eight presidents, make an exceptional effort to do what they said they were going to do. when there's an exception to that, there's normally an overwhelming reason....
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debate between romney and obama to find out where the president went wrong for the full shows coming your way at nine thirty g.m.t. . eighteen elementary school students have been killed in a landslide in southwest china massive rival demonstrations are expected in jordan scout but all amman around two hundred thousand supporters of king of dollars reforms and about fifty thousand backers of the opposition muslim brotherhood party are expected to gather for peaceful rallies the same veni on friday earlier the king dissolved parliament clearing the way for new elections he pledged to introduce more reform aiming to avoid arab spring style unrest the country has already faced nearly twenty months of protests with people demanding more stay and the state is run. eighty seven people jailed in tunisia for storming the u.s. embassy and maybe sentenced to death say their defense lawyers back in september and angry mob attacked the diplomatic headquarters in the capital tunis before being met by a strong response from riot police for demonstrators were killed and many more injured in the fol
debate between romney and obama to find out where the president went wrong for the full shows coming your way at nine thirty g.m.t. . eighteen elementary school students have been killed in a landslide in southwest china massive rival demonstrations are expected in jordan scout but all amman around two hundred thousand supporters of king of dollars reforms and about fifty thousand backers of the opposition muslim brotherhood party are expected to gather for peaceful rallies the same veni on...
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both president barack obama and republican candidate, mitt romney, spent the weekend preparing to go head-to-head. romney used senator portman of ohio to act as his opponent. john carrey played the president. they said both men are ready. >> i think that both are excellent in their own way. you can argue that mitt has had a lot more recent experience. >> the president has a day job. the president has been president and has not had the time to practice. all we hear about is how much mitt romney is practicing, practicing, practicing wherever he goes. >> reporter: today, president barack obama headed to las vegas while mitt romney attended church in massachusetts. >>> in afghanistan, five people are dead including two americans after a firefight broke out in the eastern part of the country. an insider attack similar to the ones that have killed dozens of nato forces. drew levenson tells us how this a tack marks a grim milestone. [gunfire] >> reporter: this weekend marked a deadly milestone in afghanistan. 2,000 american soldiers killed since the war began nearly 11 years ago t. happened
both president barack obama and republican candidate, mitt romney, spent the weekend preparing to go head-to-head. romney used senator portman of ohio to act as his opponent. john carrey played the president. they said both men are ready. >> i think that both are excellent in their own way. you can argue that mitt has had a lot more recent experience. >> the president has a day job. the president has been president and has not had the time to practice. all we hear about is how much...
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preparing for their first debate. >> president obama and mitt romney are off theampaign trail today as they get ready to face off tomorrow night. it's tuesday, october 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. good to see you back. >> good to be back. >> uh-huh. >> you had fun in baltimore. back together. you had good time in baltimore. i had a good time in new orleans and now we are back at the desk. >> i was feeling it yesterday. you are feeling it today. >> running on fumes. that is for sure. i like the glasses -- something different. >> took him about 20 minutes. and then he was like something is different. >> i'm tired. >> glasses. my eyes are -- just -- significantly regressing. >> it happens in your 60s. good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. in a moment, a look at how each candidate will try to score points at the big debate tomorrow night. >>> also this half-hour, an amtrak train with 169 passengers collides with a big rig and then derails and passengers and eyewitnesses are describing the chaos that foll
preparing for their first debate. >> president obama and mitt romney are off theampaign trail today as they get ready to face off tomorrow night. it's tuesday, october 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. good to see you back. >> good to be back. >> uh-huh. >> you had fun in baltimore. back together. you had good time in baltimore. i had a good time in new orleans and now...
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he did not control the debate. obama had more time than romney. a couple of times, romney did sort of interrupt. he had to. obama had been on for five minutes. i timed it myself. >> watch and in gays -- engage on c-span at the vice- presidential candidates debate in danville, ky. two more presidential debates on tuesday, october 16 ater 22 from lynn university focusing on foreign policy. we will take you back live next to fishersville, virginia, the site of mitt romney's first campaign stop since the first debate last night. this is the a gusto expoland even center. -- this is the of augusta events center. the next debate is in kentucky. the vice president joe biden was on the campaign trail tonight in iowa. he talked about the debate saying he did not want to say a thing that is not accurate. he was asked about the present's performance last night. here is what he had to say. >> the president did well. he was presidential. you never know what position governor romney will come with. the centerpiece of their economic policies so far has been their
he did not control the debate. obama had more time than romney. a couple of times, romney did sort of interrupt. he had to. obama had been on for five minutes. i timed it myself. >> watch and in gays -- engage on c-span at the vice- presidential candidates debate in danville, ky. two more presidential debates on tuesday, october 16 ater 22 from lynn university focusing on foreign policy. we will take you back live next to fishersville, virginia, the site of mitt romney's first campaign...
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gerri: even mitt romney in the debate said why not bowles-simpson? it's a balanced approach. you're not in favor of it. >> of course not. he was talking about what simpson bowles says it wants to do sometimes which is restrain spheppedding and have revenue neutral reform. if you read the fine print of simpson-bowles, it takes taxes from 18.5% of gdp, its normal for the last 30 years, to it 2* # 1%, a #.5% increase in taxes of gdp to $5 trillion tax increase over the next decade. $5 trillion tax increase. the spending cuts, of course, have been rejected by obama. he put none of them in the budget. gerri: that's the problem. >> all he wants is the tax increase. gerri: that's the problem in the nutshell. raising taxes they don't want to curb spending. what happens if we go over the fiscal cliff? at the end of the day, we have a choice, go over the cliff or do something; right? here's what happens. 90% of households have a tax increase, average of $35 # 00. these may be citing your numbers here. we got the obamacare taxes coming into place. this is truly a disincentive to saving,
gerri: even mitt romney in the debate said why not bowles-simpson? it's a balanced approach. you're not in favor of it. >> of course not. he was talking about what simpson bowles says it wants to do sometimes which is restrain spheppedding and have revenue neutral reform. if you read the fine print of simpson-bowles, it takes taxes from 18.5% of gdp, its normal for the last 30 years, to it 2* # 1%, a #.5% increase in taxes of gdp to $5 trillion tax increase over the next decade. $5...
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he coached mitt romney before he obliterated newt gingrich in the florida debate before the florida primary. we'll find out sunday along with you. he's going to the videotape, show us moments he thought were very good and bad for both romney and obama. we'll talk to him about what they need to do differently in the next debate. i would think he's going to have a lot of advice for balm and not nearly as up nor -- for obama and not nearly as much for romney. >> today's jobs reports, it seems to be good news for the obama administration. >> it certainly is good news. the last year republicans have said this president hasn't had unemployment under 8% most recently for 43 months. now they can't say that anymore and particularly because this president was reeling a little bit after the first debate, this gives him something to buck him up and he can't say the economy is good, but it does add some strength to the argument that it's getting better. >> also this weekend you have governors from both sides of the aisle including a friend of yours and mine martin o'malley. >> we have martin o'malley an
he coached mitt romney before he obliterated newt gingrich in the florida debate before the florida primary. we'll find out sunday along with you. he's going to the videotape, show us moments he thought were very good and bad for both romney and obama. we'll talk to him about what they need to do differently in the next debate. i would think he's going to have a lot of advice for balm and not nearly as up nor -- for obama and not nearly as much for romney. >> today's jobs reports, it...
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let's be clear, mitt romney is a terrific debater. i mean, he des patched newt gingrich from the race in florida based on debate performances there. did the same -- >> and the president is also a good debater in spite of his pleas that he's just okay. i don't think anybody believes that. brad woodhouse. >> he's all right. >> again, again, the expectations game. it just never ends. it's going to be a long five weeks. brad woodhouse. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >>> you can watch complete coverage of the first presidential debate this wednesday night. it starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. and on cnn.com. still ahead this morning on "starting point," a stunning interview. arnold schwarzenegger talking candidly about his affair with his house keeper and other indiscretions as well. also, did he even ask his estranged wife maria shriver to preview the memoir? we're going to talk to his press secretary, his former press secretary up next. and today's get real, tell you why a teacher cut a 7-year-old student's hair four i
let's be clear, mitt romney is a terrific debater. i mean, he des patched newt gingrich from the race in florida based on debate performances there. did the same -- >> and the president is also a good debater in spite of his pleas that he's just okay. i don't think anybody believes that. brad woodhouse. >> he's all right. >> again, again, the expectations game. it just never ends. it's going to be a long five weeks. brad woodhouse. nice to see you. >> nice to see you....
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he will spend the next two nights there preparing for the debate with mitt romney. meanwhile, a rally in denver tomorrow night, the site of the first debate. >>> and monday morning, a supreme court begins with session on the docket. they will make designificant on decision on affirmative action and guy rights. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ locked up locked ♪ think about things ♪ thinking about some things that never change in the game ♪ >> there's a regular occurrence at the maricopa county jail in phoenix that most inmates eventually grow used to. >> clothes on. stay where you're at. let them go in the shower. put something on when they come out. >> officers conduct contraband shake-downs on a regular basis including those in the women's facility, estrella jail. >> i'm sorry we disturbed your beauty sleep. >> welcome to jail. >> while the main goal of these shakedowns is to find drugs or weapons, the officers will confiscate anything else inmates are not authorized to have. or in christina ranich's c
he will spend the next two nights there preparing for the debate with mitt romney. meanwhile, a rally in denver tomorrow night, the site of the first debate. >>> and monday morning, a supreme court begins with session on the docket. they will make designificant on decision on affirmative action and guy rights. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ locked up locked ♪ think about things ♪ thinking about some...
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. >>> and after holding a mock debate in boston, mitt romney will head for a rally monday night in denver, the site of the debate. >>> the mayor of los angeles is calling the construction project dubbed carmageddon ii a success. the section of the 405 freeway will be re-opened for monday morning rush hour. i'm veronica day e la cruz. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> keeping more than 9,000 inmates fed is a herculean task for the food services staff at the maricopa county jail in phoenix. >> we have close to 100 inmates working each day. some days of the week we may have as little as 60, 70 inmates. there is never an off day here. we work 7 days a week, 365 days a year. >> each inmate is fed twice daily on a budget that the jail claims is less than 90 cents a day. the inmates say it tastes that way. >> like the dog food we get, straight out of a can. kibbles and bits and beefy bits. and some sliced carrots and call it like a gourmet meal. >> i'm a big fan of spinach. big fan of spinach, but i'm pretty sure that that came out of a law
. >>> and after holding a mock debate in boston, mitt romney will head for a rally monday night in denver, the site of the debate. >>> the mayor of los angeles is calling the construction project dubbed carmageddon ii a success. the section of the 405 freeway will be re-opened for monday morning rush hour. i'm veronica day e la cruz. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> keeping more than 9,000...
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then on the 16th you got the second obama-romney debate. on the 22nd final obama-romney debate. then the last friday before the election one more jobs number. my own inclination the job numbers aren't quite as "game change"ing for debates as for the reason voters know how they feel about the economy. they don't need a government report. it does get a lot of attention and we got a race that's plainly at this point even though obama still has a slight advantage in the battleground states this race can go either way. >> interesting. then we got the governor, of course, speaking at vmi about foreign policy, an area for which a little while he appeared to want to take the campaign, at least before the debate. how ground moving is this? >> reporter: i don't think it's very ground moving. it's not what people will vote on. for romney it's an effort to press a leadership advantage which may be one of the things that move the numbers for him after the debate. he looks strong on the stage with president obama. he took the fight to obama. obama was a little bit more passive. but ultimately
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can't debate so change numbers. does the romney camp share that position? >> well, i think the point is it's one month of unemployment numbers. we'll have to wait and see next month what happens. but i think clearly the message is that the unemployment number is still 7.8%. we still have a work force participation rate that is far, far too high. we have 23 million americans who are still looking for work or ruggling to find work. so i think we still have a lot of americans who are going to argue that they are not better off now than they were four years ago. i think that is the central question that people are asking right now as we're about 30 days out. >> but my question was does the romney campaign stand with where jack welch stands? that these numbers may have been manipulated? >> like i said, we're going have to wait and see. i think that there are some questions about, you know, work force participation rate, so we'll have to wait and see. it's one month of numbers and we'll see next month when the numbers come out again. >> mitt romney's big push has
can't debate so change numbers. does the romney camp share that position? >> well, i think the point is it's one month of unemployment numbers. we'll have to wait and see next month what happens. but i think clearly the message is that the unemployment number is still 7.8%. we still have a work force participation rate that is far, far too high. we have 23 million americans who are still looking for work or ruggling to find work. so i think we still have a lot of americans who are going...
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romney came in behind. he took the debate last night. overnight polls give romney the win. the question, now, will it boost him enough in those key battleground states? >> it was the most tweeted event in social history. our political team is standing by with a full roundup of the night. and what this means for both candidates, with just 33 days to go until the final vote. >> we're closing in right now. >>> and josh and sam, boy, you had a special visit yesterday. robin tweeted out the first picture since her transplant of your visit. >> sam and i went, hoping to raise her spirits. the morning after, our spirits remain raised. it was a beautiful afternoon. >> can't wait to hear more about it. >>> let's get more about the first big debate. "your voice, your vote." our powerhouse political team is covering all of the angles. jake, even president obama's team is conceding that mitt romney gained ground last night. >> that's right, george. obama campaign officials conceding that romney seemed more polished. they say they expect he will get a bump in the polls. some obama allies
romney came in behind. he took the debate last night. overnight polls give romney the win. the question, now, will it boost him enough in those key battleground states? >> it was the most tweeted event in social history. our political team is standing by with a full roundup of the night. and what this means for both candidates, with just 33 days to go until the final vote. >> we're closing in right now. >>> and josh and sam, boy, you had a special visit yesterday. robin...
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all right. >> reporter: governor romney studying president obama's past debates, which offers romney an opportunity to exceed expectations. republican chris christie predicting just that. >> shaking your head saying it is a brand new race. >> reporter: and running mate paul ryan hanging success on the debates. >> the debate phase in this campaign. we will make this case in our debates. >> reporter: that debate will be held here in denver. in the meantime, mitt romney held a rally here behind me. most of his t-unken. preparing for the most important night of his polil cpdaac ner. >>> and president obama is spending his last full day of debate prep at a resort outside st to deliver pza at abc political analyst matt dowd says mr. obama's advisers are focused on helping the president trim his often lengthy answers. to o bes often lengthy answers. answer questions, short, concisely, and to the point, and so it's much more like his mannerisms and his style and the way he comes across as 'posed to information in this. >> so style, not substance, i guess? i don't know. >> sounds like it. >>
all right. >> reporter: governor romney studying president obama's past debates, which offers romney an opportunity to exceed expectations. republican chris christie predicting just that. >> shaking your head saying it is a brand new race. >> reporter: and running mate paul ryan hanging success on the debates. >> the debate phase in this campaign. we will make this case in our debates. >> reporter: that debate will be held here in denver. in the meantime, mitt...
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you have two more debates. look up and give it to mitt romney. also, talk about big bird next time. >> thanks very much. >>> thanks so much, george. it was a huge night online for the debate, as well. the event was exploding, literally, on social media, setting a new record on twitter. bianna golodryga is here to break down all the numbers. the most tweeted about event in political history. >> reporter: 10.3 million tweets, elizabeth, in just 90 minutes. you and i were discussing. we've been reading tweets all night, too. blowout number there. a lot of people were criticizing the event as being too wonky. too inside baseball. we wanted to see what the google searches were. and they agree. simpson bowels, dodd-frank. and who is winning the debate? and finally, big bird. donna hit this when she brought up big bird. and look at how many people were tweeting about big bird last night. 17,000 tweets per minute. >> they weren't just tweeting about big bird. they were creating new pages about big bird. >> that's right. fire big bird, a lot of people tal
you have two more debates. look up and give it to mitt romney. also, talk about big bird next time. >> thanks very much. >>> thanks so much, george. it was a huge night online for the debate, as well. the event was exploding, literally, on social media, setting a new record on twitter. bianna golodryga is here to break down all the numbers. the most tweeted about event in political history. >> reporter: 10.3 million tweets, elizabeth, in just 90 minutes. you and i were...
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for a debate. >> mitt romney says he helped create 10,000 jobs. the formers workers in indiana say something else >> i would like to say to the people of massachusetts if you think it can't happen to you, think again because we thought it wouldn't happen here either >> i want to know why you spent millions of dollars showing advertisements of strikers in a company i had nothing to do with. >> kennedy, the veteran, ignored romney's charge >> mr. romney, let's put the ads aside and talk about health care. let's talk about education. let's talk about training. let's talk about new jobs. let's talk about infrastructure. let's talk about our different vision for massachusetts. that's what the people of massachusetts want to talk about. that's what i think they ought to hear about. >> i think about ten or 15 minutes in, romney began to realize this was not the easy exercise he thought it was going to be. >> reporter: then romney faulterred. the issue was health care. >> i have a plan. i have a position paper on health care. i'm happy to show it to you,
for a debate. >> mitt romney says he helped create 10,000 jobs. the formers workers in indiana say something else >> i would like to say to the people of massachusetts if you think it can't happen to you, think again because we thought it wouldn't happen here either >> i want to know why you spent millions of dollars showing advertisements of strikers in a company i had nothing to do with. >> kennedy, the veteran, ignored romney's charge >> mr. romney, let's put...
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i think americans should be very worried about mitt romney and paul ryan one thing to debate on that voucher. i have been to mexico. i am trying to understand what they are trying to do with that voucher. i think people should understand a voucher has a limited. if that limit of money runs out, especially old people, and young people should be thinking about it, because we are getting older, once that voucher runs out, people will start tasting a little bit of a third world thing. when you go to a doctor like in mexico or any other third world, doctors over there ask you first before they attend to you if you have insurance or money. if you don't have either, they will tell you to go back outside. that is very worrisome. to make another comment about the debt we have, people need to understand that started with republicans throughout the years before obama. no regulations on wall street. it's very worrisome. i think obama is doing the right thing trying to regulate especially on wall street, because wall street is a funding tunnel of getting money out of this country and not taxing t
i think americans should be very worried about mitt romney and paul ryan one thing to debate on that voucher. i have been to mexico. i am trying to understand what they are trying to do with that voucher. i think people should understand a voucher has a limited. if that limit of money runs out, especially old people, and young people should be thinking about it, because we are getting older, once that voucher runs out, people will start tasting a little bit of a third world thing. when you go...
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romney did very well in the tv debate last week. i would just like to see romney be a bit less ashamed of who he is. it's as if he wants to hide from people the fact that he's made lots of money and been successful. i would have thought he should come out all guns blazing, i've been a success in the commercial world, i'm the man that can make the tough decisions that america needs and be more upbeat about himself. >> there are shareholders of bain capital, you're going to benefit from my expertise and knowing how to -- >> why not do that? why not say that? >> absolutely. >> there's something else here, the private equity world is inhabited by limited partners in the state funds. they're the biggest investors for good reason, the returns there are better than what they're getting. >> so pensioners are benefiting, lots of average americans. >> the fact of the matter is, if i give you money and you're going to make me 5%, you're going to charge me 50 basis points, i give you money and you're going to make me 20% and you take 2% which b
romney did very well in the tv debate last week. i would just like to see romney be a bit less ashamed of who he is. it's as if he wants to hide from people the fact that he's made lots of money and been successful. i would have thought he should come out all guns blazing, i've been a success in the commercial world, i'm the man that can make the tough decisions that america needs and be more upbeat about himself. >> there are shareholders of bain capital, you're going to benefit from my...
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. >>> president obama and mitt romney have been mostly behind closed doors ahead of their debate tonight in denver. that's left their running mates to generate some fireworks, so to speak, on the campaign trail. vice president joe biden got things started with this comment about romney's economic plans. >> how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years. >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree! that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney as the next president of the united states. >>> biden later tried to dig himself out of the mess by explaining that the middle class had been buried by policies supported by the republicans. trying to, yeah, dig himself out of that line. >> joe's always -- he's never dull. love him or hate him, he's always saying something interesting. and headline-worthy, interesting. everyone talking about the video released last night as well. conservative website dug up a video of the president speaking to an audience back in
. >>> president obama and mitt romney have been mostly behind closed doors ahead of their debate tonight in denver. that's left their running mates to generate some fireworks, so to speak, on the campaign trail. vice president joe biden got things started with this comment about romney's economic plans. >> how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years. >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the...
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. >> tonight is the big night of the first of three debate. >> president obama and mitt romney set to square off did in denver. >> dealing with an october surprise after video of an old speech resurfaced. senator obama accuses u.s. government of short changing hurricane katrina victim. >> people down in new orleans they don't care about as much. >> meanwhile joe biden just gave the republicans some great new material. >> how they can justify raises taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. >> i'm sorry, which candidate is he campaigning for? i'm confused. >>> had hillary clinton put together an investigation for the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. >>> american airlines plans to check at least 11 more planes for loose seats. clamps have caused the seats to come loose on three flights. >>> hit by a car, stuck in its grill and managed to survive. >> the luckiest dog i've met. >>> now cops looking for the woman who did it. >> leave manatees alone. don't be grabbing dolphins either. >>> until tonight. >> swing and a miss and he strikes out. >>> all that -- >>
. >> tonight is the big night of the first of three debate. >> president obama and mitt romney set to square off did in denver. >> dealing with an october surprise after video of an old speech resurfaced. senator obama accuses u.s. government of short changing hurricane katrina victim. >> people down in new orleans they don't care about as much. >> meanwhile joe biden just gave the republicans some great new material. >> how they can justify raises taxes on...
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there are many other issues that president obama and mitt romney are going to be debating. we have done she more debates left. at the end of the day, the person who comes out as the candidate most able to get america back on track in terms of jobs and getting people back to work, that candidate has the biggest advantage. on friday with the jobs number, present, we gained some of that advantage. i will not say the september numbers will be a game changer. but i do think we have some good news for the president. host: we are looking at the jobs figures that came out yesterday. we hear from the candidates who spoke yesterday. here is governor romney talking about the jobs numbers released. [video clip] >> there was a report that came out on jobs. there were fewer jobs created this month that last month. the unemployment rate has come down slowly, but it has come down. it is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. if you just drop out of the work force and say, i cannot go back to work, i will stay home. you are no longer part of
there are many other issues that president obama and mitt romney are going to be debating. we have done she more debates left. at the end of the day, the person who comes out as the candidate most able to get america back on track in terms of jobs and getting people back to work, that candidate has the biggest advantage. on friday with the jobs number, present, we gained some of that advantage. i will not say the september numbers will be a game changer. but i do think we have some good news...
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obama and governor mitt romney. tonight's town hall meeting provides us with a unique and strategic opportunity to put our important and crucial minority vote front and center because this is about us, our families, our communities. it's about our future. most of you know that about 35 states have reportedly passed measures that would restrict the right to vote, particularly among black and hispanic voters. probably many of you have heard today the state of pennsylvania struck down. so these measures could far as many as 5 million potential voters in casting your vote on who will lead the country for the next four years. the longer-term effect of this could severely impact how our country moves forward. the impact could be just as significant as the well-known brown v. board of education. the landmark supreme court case in which they declared the state law establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional. some seem to think that one of the candidates, and i won't name which one
obama and governor mitt romney. tonight's town hall meeting provides us with a unique and strategic opportunity to put our important and crucial minority vote front and center because this is about us, our families, our communities. it's about our future. most of you know that about 35 states have reportedly passed measures that would restrict the right to vote, particularly among black and hispanic voters. probably many of you have heard today the state of pennsylvania struck down. so these...
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these candidates have each done four mock debates, mitt romney and president obama. they will each do one more today. it's more preparation than any two candidates have ever put in to general election presidential debates in the modern era of presidential politics. >> because i get the opportunity to introduce to you the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> reporter: mitt romney landed in colorado monday night scoring the endorsement of denver broncos football legend john elway. >> what an honor, what a welcome and colorado welcome. thank you so much >> reporter: governor's first and only event ahead of tomorrow's big presidential debate was at a packed air and space museum in denver. >> people want to know who is going to win? who is going to score the punches? you know, in my view it's not so much winning andalusian or even the people themselves, the president and myself. it's about something bigger than that. >> reporter: still playing off the enthusiastic crowd, romney appeared to test out a few new zingers including this one on the keyst
these candidates have each done four mock debates, mitt romney and president obama. they will each do one more today. it's more preparation than any two candidates have ever put in to general election presidential debates in the modern era of presidential politics. >> because i get the opportunity to introduce to you the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> reporter: mitt romney landed in colorado monday night scoring the endorsement of denver broncos...
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now to tomorrow night's highly anticipated debate between president obama and mitt romney. today both candidates are hunkering down preparing for what could be a pivotal night. chuck todd is nbc's political director. he is in denver this morning where the debate will take place tomorrow. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. these candidates have each don four mock debates. they will each do one more today. it's more preparation than any two candidates have put into presidential debates in the modern era of presidential politics. >> i get the opportunity to introduce to you the next president of the united states governor mitt romney. >> mitt romney landed in colorado monday night with the endorsement of legend john elway. >> what an honor. what a welcome. what a colorado welcome. thank you so much. >> the governor's first and only event ahead of tomorrow's big presidential debate was at a packed air and space museum in denver. >> people want to know who's going to win, who is going to score the punches. in my view it's not so much winning or losing or even the pe
now to tomorrow night's highly anticipated debate between president obama and mitt romney. today both candidates are hunkering down preparing for what could be a pivotal night. chuck todd is nbc's political director. he is in denver this morning where the debate will take place tomorrow. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. these candidates have each don four mock debates. they will each do one more today. it's more preparation than any two candidates have put into presidential...